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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-10014303636X

ISBN-139780143036364

eBay Product ID (ePID)9038251196

Product Key Features

Number of Pages752 Pages

Publication NameDeath in Hamburg : Society and Politics in the Cholera Years

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

SubjectEurope / Germany, Sociology / General, History & Theory, Infectious Diseases, History

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard J. Evans

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Medical, History

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight24.5 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-045442

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"A brilliantly written work of great analytical penetration." - Gordon A. Craig , The New York Review of Books "A marvelous book, splendidly written, full of wit and anecdote, exuding scholarship and wisdom." - New Scientist, "A brilliantly written work of great analytical penetration."-- Gordon A. Craig , The New York Review of Books "A marvelous book, splendidly written, full of wit and anecdote, exuding scholarship and wisdom."-- New Scientist, "A brilliantly written work of great analytical penetration." -- Gordon A. Craig , The New York Review of Books "A marvelous book, splendidly written, full of wit and anecdote, exuding scholarship and wisdom." -- New Scientist

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal304.2/7/0943515

Grade ToUP

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Synopsis"A tremendous book, the biography of a city which charts the multifarious pathways from bacilli to burgomaster." -Roy Porter, London Review of Books Why were nearly 10,000 people killed in six weeks in Hamburg, while most of Europe was left almost unscathed? As Richard J. Evans explains, it was largely because the town was a "free city" within Germany that was governed by the "English" ideals of laissez-faire. The absence of an effective public-health policy combined with ill-founded medical theories and the miserable living conditions of the poor to create a scene ripe for tragedy. The story of the "cholera years" is, in Richard Evans's hands, tragically revealing of the age's social inequalities and governmental pitilessness and incompetence; it also offers disquieting parallels with the world's public-health landscape today, including the current coronavirus crisis., Why were nearly 10,000 people killed in six weeks in Hamburg, while most of Europe was left almost unscathed? As Richard J. Evans explains, it was largely because the town was a "free city" within Germany that was governed by the "English" ideals of laissez-faire. The absence of an effective public-health policy combined with ill-founded medical theories and the miserable living conditions of the poor to create a scene ripe for tragedy. The story of the "cholera years" is, in Richard Evans's hands, tragically revealing of the age's social inequalities and governmental pitilessness and incompetence; it also offers disquieting parallels with the world's public-health landscape today.

LC Classification NumberHN458.H3E95 2005